Care workforce at “breaking point” as visa changes threaten staffing, says UNISON Care workers recruited from overseas could be driven out of the sector if the government sticks with plans to make them wait up to 15 years for settlement rights, UNISON said today (Friday). Severe shortages in the care workforce and poor wages have meant providers have […]
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The payments also mark the successful conclusion of UNISON’s Pay Fair for Patient Care campaign across the north east.
A new agreement, negotiated by UNISON, ensures they will receive the same pay and benefits as people they work alongside.
The government must pause “reckless” reforms to the status of migrant workers if it’s to avoid another Windrush-style scandal, says UNISON today (Thursday). Ministers want to at least double the period required for individuals to gain settled status in the UK, with key social care and low-paid NHS workers having to wait 15 years. In […]
The extra money was due to be paid in November. But the trust halted the payments saying it needed approval from NHS England.
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The threat of strikes at Darlington Memorial Hospital, University Hospital of North Durham, Bishop Auckland Hospital and Chester le Street Community Hospital, has been lifted after health workers accepted an improved offer on back pay, says UNISON. Hundreds of healthcare assistants employed by County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust were due to walk out […]
Healthcare assistants had been paid at band 2 of the NHS Agenda for Change pay scale, despite increasingly carrying out clinical tasks that should be paid at the higher band 3 rate.